Theresian Institution of Noble Ladies

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The Theresian Institution of Noble Ladies (Czech: Tereziánský ústav šlechtičen), officially the Imperial and Royal Theresian Stift for Noble Ladies in the Castle of Prague, was a Catholic monastic chapter of secular canonesses in Hradčany that admitted women from impoverished noble families from 1753 until 1918.

History

The Theresian

The Institution closed in 1919 after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the creation of the Republic of Czechoslovakia.

Princess-Abbesses

Notable Princess-Abbesses of the Institution include:

• Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
  (1766–1789)
• Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
  (1791–1800)
• Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
  (1834–1835)
• Archduchess Hermine of Austria (1837–1842)
• Archduchess Maria Karoline of Austria (1844–1852)
• Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1875–1879)
• Archduchess Maria Antonietta of Austria (1881–1883)
• Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (1886–1893)
• Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria (1893–1894)
• Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria (1894–1919)

Notable alumnae

• Baroness Mary von Vetsera (1871–1889), mistress of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria

References